Match Thoughts
Pretty good match. It seemed like Shibusawa and Yoneyama were going to do well, but Konami and Mimura were the stronger team here. Mimura had a lot of the focus in this match, beating up on Shibusawa throughout a good portion of the bout. This was a fine opener for the night.

Match Thoughts
Very good match. Brookside and Ray had a of of confidence, but Savoy and Apache had superior size and strength. Savoy and Apache worked well together and punished their opponents with suplexes and numerous submission holds. Brookside and Ray had moments where they put up a good fight, but overall the match felt like it was only a matter of time for them.

Match Thoughts
Good match. Kris Wolf was “tired” so she wasn’t able to compete in what would have been a tag match, so Natsu had to face two members of Queen’s Quest alone. It was mostly fought with AZM and Io Shirai double-teaming Natsu, but after a while AZM decided she wanted to try to win. AZM and Shirai fought a little, but neither really seemed like they wanted to win by pinning or submitting the other. AZM looked good in this match, as did Shirai and Natsu. This was entertaining mostly because of the situation and how they handled it.

Match Thoughts
Pretty good match. Ellering and Miranda dominated large portions of this match, with Jungle Kyona managing to help her team mount some offense here and there. Towards the end of the match it felt like it dragged a little. When I expected it to pick up the pace it kind of stalled a little. The finish was fine, but it seemed underwhelming. Still, not a bad match, and definitely a good one for Ellering.

Match Thoughts
Great match. It started off with Watanabe getting destroyed by the combined efforts of Oedo Tai. Oedo Tai cheated as much (and as blatantly) as they possibly could, using all four of their members to beat up Watanabe and HZK. Eventually AZM and Io Shirai helped even the odds, though they didn’t directly interfere in the match by attacking Kimura and Kagetsu.

The second half of the match was a lot more evenly fought. HZK had a great sequence late in the match where she dominated Kagetsu with some devastating looking moves. The teamwork of Oedo Tai was the star of this match though. They looked fantastic from start to finish. It wasn’t necessarily a fair match, but it was certainly entertaining.

Show Impressions
I didn’t expect this show to be so good. I really enjoyed it from start to finish. Some matches were obviously better than others, but the top matches were very good. Even the lower matches were better than usual. The Tag Title match was great, and it got me even more excited about seeing Queen’s Quest and Oedo Tai battle with their full teams later this month.

Match of the NightGoddess of Stardom Title Match
At times chaotic, but always with the calculating teamwork of Oedo Tai as the driving force, this was a great match.